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PPC/NA, v. 1 n. 5, October 2015, Special Issue: Open Access Wek

 

It’s Open Access Week!

·         International Open Access Week October 19 - 25, 2015

·         OA Week Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

·         Follow #oaweek on Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23oaweek&src=typd

·         Polkinghorne, Sarah. “Getting Design Students Involved For An Invigorated Open Access Week” Open Access Week Blog, 9 August 2015.

 

Open Access Legislation & Policy

·         Peet, Lisa. “FASTR Approved by Senate Committee”. Library Journal, 30 July 2015 

·         Notes on the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act [FASTR]

·         Executive Directive on Public Access [OSTP Memo]  

 

More Open Access News

 

·         Allen, Nicole. "Affordable College Textbook Act Reintroduced in Congress." 14 Oct. 2015.

·         Bonn, Maria. “Maximizing the Benefits of Open Access: Strategies for Enhancing the Discovery of Open Access Content.” College & Research Libraries News 76.9 (2015): 491–494. Web. 14 Oct. 2015.

·         Kelly, Éanna. "[EU Research Commissioner Carlos] Moedas Urges Publishers to Get Serious on Open Access." Science / Business. 14 October 2015.

·         Lendl, Rebecca. “Creative Commons Awarded $450,000 from the Arcadia Fund to Support Open Access Publishing for Authors.” Creative Commons Blog. 14 Oct. 2015. 

·         Matthews, David. "Open Access Papers 'More Likely to be Cited on Twitter'." Times Higher Education. 10 October 2015

Favorite Open Access Sites:

Good Practices for University Open Access Policies

DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals. 

The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities (Berlin9)

Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)

Right to Research Coalition

Art Canada Institute.

CCCA Canadian Art Database Project.

Internet Archive Digital Library.

Participate in Open Access Art:

ART of the MOOC 
Artist and Duke professor, Pedro Lasch, and Creative Time chief curator, Nato Thompson, are excited to present a free Massive Open Online course, ART of the MOOC. This class functions as both a socially-engaged public art form and a survey course on the subject. Register at: https://www.coursera.org/course/artofthemooc

OPEN ART SOCIETY
Open Art Society is a hub for artists, communities, citizens and governments to create projects that open dialogue, add vibrancy and embrace the arts as a cornerstone of our communities.

PROVISIONS LIBRARY
Provisions Library’s art and culture research explores models for a more inclusive, equitable, and connected society.  

 

Compiled by the ARLIS/NA Public Policy Committee

 

Alexander Watkins

Assistant Professor | Art & Architecture Librarian

University of Colorado Boulder

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